Craig
Cleared for Takeoff
Hey guys, I need some help on generating a .pdf file for the type club I'm part of.
The current newsletter is written in Works. It comes to me in individual page files. I download the files, do some minor editing in LibreOffice and then export to .pdf. I then use .pdfchain to generate a single .pdf file. Here is where things get a little wonky....According to the properties tag on my machine, the file is about 23 meg., but when I attach it to a 5 or 6 line email, Thunderbird tells me it's a 30+ meg file. What gives?
Is there a better way for me to do this? I haven't figured out a way to get all the pages into a single document first, but I know that there has to be a way, rather than export and then assemble. I'm sure part of the problem is that many of the pages are setup with text boxes to maintain a very rigid layout for printing.
As to getting the guy writing it to switch to more up to date software, I doubt it will happen until his current computer dies a horrible death. The previous guy that did the newsletter set the templates up probably 25 years ago and they were passed to the current guy when the original guy died.
The current newsletter is written in Works. It comes to me in individual page files. I download the files, do some minor editing in LibreOffice and then export to .pdf. I then use .pdfchain to generate a single .pdf file. Here is where things get a little wonky....According to the properties tag on my machine, the file is about 23 meg., but when I attach it to a 5 or 6 line email, Thunderbird tells me it's a 30+ meg file. What gives?
Is there a better way for me to do this? I haven't figured out a way to get all the pages into a single document first, but I know that there has to be a way, rather than export and then assemble. I'm sure part of the problem is that many of the pages are setup with text boxes to maintain a very rigid layout for printing.
As to getting the guy writing it to switch to more up to date software, I doubt it will happen until his current computer dies a horrible death. The previous guy that did the newsletter set the templates up probably 25 years ago and they were passed to the current guy when the original guy died.